By Lambert Strether of Corrente
Readers, I keep needing to leave notes like this, which is embarrassing. I promised a long Water Cooler today, but I didn’t quite take the time it would take to finish a post about the spenders and woes of the Biden debate and the reaction to it. So today will be almost entirely politics, and maybe a little bit of Covid (out of the nine charts, none of which are good news), and tomorrow’s best-placed show is Covid, which I can finish before I hit the road. – of course
Bird Song of the Day
Common Loon, Brown Bear Lake-middle, Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia, Canada. “2 tons that I can row towards. They were just swimming in the middle of the lake. No sign of a nest, but I didn’t look. After I passed they started calling.”
Bonus birds:
One of the most interesting videos I have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/GurwXKganl
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) June 30, 2024
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